{"id":9259,"date":"2012-08-07T02:03:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T09:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=9259"},"modified":"2012-08-07T02:03:05","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T09:03:05","slug":"why-meatless-monday-is-such-a-green-diva-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/why-meatless-monday-is-such-a-green-diva-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Meatless Monday is Such a Green Diva Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>What is up with the USDA? Call me crazy, but doesn’t USDA stand for United States Department of Agriculture? Does the\u00a0USDA only recommend a daily meat diet? What silliness . . . first some thoughtful editor\/writer posted a recommendation to consider joining in the Meatless Monday campaign and reduce meat consumption ONE DAY a week in their ‘Greening Headquarters Update’ internal newsletter. Then, someone at the USDA freaked out and they retracted it. Let the media firestorm begin!<\/p>\n

I was scheduled to be on a TV morning show called\u00a0Ebru Today<\/a>\u00a0Monday morning the week of the meatless media poo-storm (ironic it was a Monday, never thought of that). I picked my topic a couple of weeks prior and planned to talk about the importance of understanding how our food impacts the environment. Of course I included\u00a0Meatless Monday<\/a>\u00a0as a great idea and the organization as a wonderful resource. This was pure serendipity. Unfortunately, I had been up all night the night before the \u00a0interview having\u00a0fun with a young confused bat who got into our bedroom. Needless to say, I was NOT on my ‘A’ game, but I got a few points across.<\/p>\n

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